The Loring Air Museum marked a homecoming: pieces of the plane in which the base’s namesake crashed during a Korean War mission have arrived in Limestone to become part of the museum’s collection.
The festival’s name is a nod to the town’s nickname “Christmas Town” which dates back to the 1950s.
Nearly a hundred Haines descendants gathered Saturday to honor one of Fort Fairfield’s pioneer families.
Loring Open House 2024 will focus on the men and women who served at the Strategic Air Command Base from 1953 to 1992, as well as Air Combat Command from 1992 to 1994.
Katherine Langlais of Glenwood, New Brunswick, who won the Can-Am event in 2023, has been speaking out about how these regulations could create a logistical nightmare that results in lower turnouts in mushing events throughout North America.
As of Friday, the record speed at this summer’s Loring event was 255 miles per hour set by Gilles Chiasson of Quebec, Canada.
The July 6 festival, held at Houlton Middle High School, was packed with hundreds who traveled from as far away as Quebec City to sample the exotic foods made from ancient recipes and generational traditions by locals representing 21 different nations.
The sixth annual event, sponsored by the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce, took place on the first day of the Maine Potato Blossom Festival in Fort Fairfield.
Van Buren native Travis Cyr launched Arootsakoostik in 2007 after years of performing in venues across Maine and realizing that folks in The County did not have many chances to hear the talent he was witnessing.
The parade on Sunday was one of several activities planned for the town’s three-day celebration.
